Smoked Snoek Pate

Snoek is a fish found off the waters of Cape Town. It has a distinctive sea taste to it and is loved by all South Africans. If you cannot get any Snoek then you can replace it with smoked Hadock for this dish.

Ingredients

250g smoked Snoek

250g cream cheese

15ml (1 Tablespoon) lemon juice

Pinch of Ginger powder

10 ml (2 teaspoons) tomato paste

2.5 ml (half a teaspoon) sugar

Black pepper

Half a small chopped onion

125ml (half a cup) of fresh cream

Instructions on how to make it

Remove all skin and bones and flake the fish.

Blend all ingredients except the cream in a food processor.

Whip the cream and fold into the mixture.

Press into a mold of your choice.

Gives between 8 and 10 servings.

This should keep for about a week in the fridge. We do not recommend that you freeze it.